Joke of the day - Combat Kangaroos
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Combat Kangaroos
Mutant Marsupials Take Up Arms Against Australian Air Force
The reuse of some object-oriented code has caused tactical headaches for Australia's armed forces. As virtual reality simulators assume larger roles in helicopter combat training, programmers have gone to great lengths to increase the realism of their scenarios, including detailed landscapes and in the case of the Northern Territory's Operation Phoenix - herds of kangaroos (since disturbed animals might well give away a helicopter's position).
The head of the Defence Science & Technology Organization's Land Operations/Simulation division reportedly instructed developers to model the local marsupials' movements and reactions to helicopters. Being efficient programmers, they just re-appropriated some code originally used to model infantry detachment reactions under the same stimuli, changed the mapped icon from a soldier to a kangaroo, and increased the figures' speed of movement.
Eager to demonstrate their flying skills for some visiting American pilots, the hotshot Aussies "buzzed" the virtual kangaroos in low flight during a simulation. The kangaroos scattered, as predicted, and the visiting Americans nodded appreciatively... then did a double take as the kangaroos reappeared from behind a hill and launched a barrage of Stinger missiles at the hapless helicopter. (Apparently the programmers had forgotten to remove that part of the infantry coding.)
The lesson?
Objects are defined with certain attributes, and any new object defined in terms of an old one inherits all the attributes. The embarrassed programmers had learned to be careful when reusing object-oriented code, and the Yanks left with a newfound respect for Australian wildlife. Simulator supervisors report that pilots from that point onward have strictly avoided kangaroos, just as they were meant to.
-- From June 15, 1999 Defence Science and Technology Organization Lecture Series, Melbourne, Australia, and staff reports
Comments
I'm confused. 😞
Read the 3rd paragraph again.
This is about the programmers of flight simulators, for our Defence Forces. I'd love to have seen the kangaroos launch the stinger missiles.
I'm stupid.
good but not all that funny..made me smirk but not lol liek your others
still was interesting read...watching Kangeroos launch stingers must be awesome
if only we had those on the Indo-War
😛 I thought it was really good 🙂
Unfortunately not all jokes appeal to all people to the same extent.
Basically, what I post appeals to ME, and I hope that while not all jokes can be as stellar as some, they at least provide a smile. 🙂
I thought it was real funny....When I got it O_o
Nice programming joke. I, being very lazy, also reuse quite some code when programming. Nice advise thought. It's good to know for when I would decide to make a game with Godzila, not to reuse the same code I used for the monster on chickens.